Heirloom Dresden – Mini Quilt Monday

September 26, 2011

Is September nearing an end already? Today is the last week of Mini Quilt Monday. I hope you have enjoyed spending the month challenging yourself to try new things. This week I decided to try my hand at Dresden Plates. I’ve wanted to try these since I first saw the cover of the book Material Obsession. That quilt is *so* beautiful.

I followed Elizabeth Hartman’s tutorial from Sew Mama Sew. She makes everything so easy to understand. These were a lot easier to make than I thought they would be. (I did purchase a special ruler at JoAnns for about $5.) The center circle could use some practice, but overall I’m happy with how this mini turned out and definitely wouldn’t shy away from making more of these. I used my collection of Joel Dewberry’s Heirloom fabric, such pretty colors and designs.

I quilted straight lines 1/4″ on each side of the dresden seams and continuing to the edge of the quilt. It produced a pretty star in the center. The binding is actually closer to red, Kona Cayenne, but I thought it looked quite nice with the Heirloom palette. The final size is 16″ square.

Hi Tiffany! My JoAnns only had 1 ruler so I bought it without looking at what brand/type it was. It came with a little wooden stick for when you turn the point and push out the fabric. It has different markings to let you make various sizes of Dresden – I think that’s the most important feature.

Hello Faith! Your mini quilt is just fantastic! You make always so beautiful quilts! I’m happy to join you today, but sad to hear that this is the last time for mini quilts! I hope you have something new for us in your mind!
Have a lovely week! x Teje

That is really beautiful! I love the star the stitching makes. I’ve not heard of Dresden before (I guess because you haven’t made one before – lol). I’ll have to check out that tutorial. So, let’s see, I need to make a big pooches and pickups quilt for Hayden, I want to make a mini wonky star quilt because I love that one you made, I want to make a bunch of figure 8 scarves for Christmas, and now whatever a dresden is, I want to make one of those… I think I may need more DVR space, because it’s going to be a while before I make a dent in all the new shows flowing onto it. LOL!

Thanks for being a wonderful host of Mini Quilts Monday… So sorry the world interfered with my getting a fourth project done… I must say you all kept me going, to make three projects…I do have number four on the cutting table just not nearly done…Love the Dresden Plate….P

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